Great Run!

With marathon training starting next week, my plan for this week was to ride, ride, and ride!  I rode Sunday and Monday, then took yesterday off.  Before bed last night I told Les, "I think I'm going to run tomorrow."  I hadn't run since last Thursday and "needed" to run.

I headed out and my legs felt great.  Mile one 10:00.  Hmm?  Can I maintain that?  What route would be best?  Mile two 10:08.  Oh, it's on now!

Mile three 10:06, mile four 10:08. With one mile to go, I wanted to get my pace under 10:00/mile.  Mile five 9:11!!  5 miles in 49:40, 9:55 pace!

That's just what I needed to kick off marathon training!  I know I'll have slower runs, but this one felt so good.  I was not running all out, this pace felt just slightly uncomfortable, but not too bad.

Something tells me these are not the shoes Marilyn Monroe had in mind!